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CAPT. AUGUST C. WAHL, MATE PASHLEY, et al: 1930s SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIP'S LOG DETAILING THE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS	RUTH ASCHNER: 1940 SUPER, ORIGINAL PRE-STATE OF ISRAEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG IMMIGRANT GIRL DETAILING A FULL AND COMPLETE LIFE IN THE HOLY LAND WHILE THE DARK, DESTRUCTIVE BACK DROP OF WWII LOOMS	SHLOMO [a JEWISH LEGION MEMBER]: 1919 SUPERB, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEWISH LEGION MEMBER, LIKELY FROM HOLLAND, DETAILING THE ASPIRATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS OF A ZIONIST ASSIGNED TO ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLED AND CONFLICTED POST WWI AREAS ON EARTH
GEORGE A. WHEELER: 1869 ORIGINAL, HOMEY ROCHESTER NEW YORK AREA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DESCENDENT OF AN ONTARIO COUNTY PIONEER	MARY BELLE HICKS [?]: 1872 ORIGINAL ONTARIO COUNTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ERUDITE UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN	KATHERINE SAGE: 1925 - 1929 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A WEALTHY LOS ANGELES MATRON BESET BY PERFECT DAY AFTER PERFECT DAY MAKING ONE WONDER HOW SHE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE LOOMING GREAT DEPRESSION
ABRAHAM GREENBERGER: 1950s SUPER, ORIGINAL EARLY STATE OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES TRAINING NOTE BOOKS MAKING FOR AN UNUSUAL AND UNIQUE HISTORY OF WEAPONRY AND ARMS THE YOUNG STATE HAD TO SCAVENGE FROM POST WAR EUROPE	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DELIGHTFUL, INTELLIGENT ALL AMERICAN GIRL NEXT DOOR DETAILING A BUSY LIFE AND HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE	ARTHUR FENTON: c1915 ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ROYAL NAVY DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER RESERVE SIGNALMAN
JAMES FLETCHER BLACKINTON: 1844 ORIGINAL, CHATTY MANUSCRIPT LETTER HAND WRITTEN BY AN ENGAGING BROWN UNIVERSITY SOPHMORE	ISSAC DAVEY: 1850 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GREATLY RELIEVED FATHER THAT HIS DAUGHTER SURVIVED THE DEVASTATION OF THE BELLE OF THE WEST DISASTER	LT. BYRON F. DOENGES: 1945 SUPER, ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A DOGGED AND DETERMINED FORT WAYNE INDIANA NAVAL LIEUTENANT WHO WILL GO ON TO FAME AND RENOWN BUT NOT UNTIL HE SURVIVES IWO JIMA AND OKINAWA
VERNIE FLINT: 1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ELDERLY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE OF TOILING EVEN IN A HOME BEREFT OF CHILDREN	THOMAS J. CRAVEN: 1918 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG TEENAGER, SON OF A WEALTHY INDUSTRIALIST, ATTENDING THE GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY AS HE PREPARES TO GO TO WAR	SIDNEY W. BABCOCK: 1918 - 1919 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE SERVICE OF A 22-YR OLD PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT SOLDIER FROM NEW YORK TO ST. MAXIENT
NOT IDENTIFIED: 1924 CHARMING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY OF AN IDYLLIC CAR TRIP UP AND DOWN THE EASTERN SEABOARD	WILLIAM C. BELLER: 1931 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT, ONE DAY Ph.D, PIONEER AND PATENT HOLDER, LINGUIST, PLAYWRIGHT AND BELOVED PATRON OF THE BRONX HISTORICAL SOCIETY	HARRY W. SNYDER: 1942 ORIGINAL, HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND PHOTO ALBUM DETAILING THE BEGINNING OF PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT HAND WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY AN ERUDITE AND KEEN EYED AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE
WILLIAM ALLEN PUTNAM; CAROLYN ROSALIE RICHARD PUTNAM; MARGARET VRYLING PUTNAM: 1891 - 1948 VERY LARGE ORIGINAL FAMILY ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES [31] NOTEBOOKS [4] AND LETTERS [250+] DETAILING A SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN FAMILY FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA THROUGH TO THE END OF WORLD WAR II	GEORGE E. APPLEGATE: 1935 ORIGINAL, UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A BRASH BROOKLYNITE WHO CONFIDES IN HIS DIARY PERHAPS TOO MUCH GIVEN HIS UNHAPPINESS AND THE TRAGEDIES THAT BEFALL	NOT IDENTIFIED: 1919 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN ENGLISH OFFICER REVEALING LIFE AND DUTIES BACK IN ENGLAND AFTER THE GREAT WAR
UNKNOWN: 1899 - 1901 SENSATIONAL, ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF SIGNIFICANT MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN GOLD MINER BATTLING BOLIVIAN INDIANS, PERUVIAN HIGHWAYMEN, THIEVES, SOLDIERS AND ADVENTURERS OF ALL STRIPES PROSPECTING FOR GOLD IN THE ANDES	JOSEPH L. OCTAVE LEBRUN: 1888 ORIGINAL, FRENCH LANGUAGE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POETRY, ESSAYS AND OPINION BY A LATE 19th CENTURY MONTREAL MAN	UNIDENTIFED: 1923 UNUSUAL, ORIGINAL SPANISH LANGUAGE TRAVEL DIARY DETAILING A PAIR OF FRIENDS DRIVING A MODEL T FORD FROM ST. LOUIS TO COLUMIBIA MISSOURI
GILGUY?: c1905 SUPERB, EXHAUSTIVE, ORIGINAL FOUR [4] VOLUME SET OF MANUSCRIPT BOOKS FILLED WITH SHIP'S LORE, SAILOR'S LINGO AND ALL MANNER OF SAILING WISDOM GARNERED FROM OVER 400 YEARS OF BRITISH NAVY EXPERIENCE	JOSEPH FRYE, NATHANIEL FRYE Jr. et al: LATE 1800s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN FAMILY COPY OF MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF FRYEBURG MAINE SCION JOSEPH FRYE	JACK MUSSELMAN: 1961 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND HAND WRITTEN RELIC OF AMERICA AT A TIME WHEN THE LIGHT OF ONE ERA WAS FADING AND HEARTBREAK AND HIPPIES WERE ON THE HORIZON
W.S. GREEN: 1925 TO 1957 ORIGINAL GROUP OF NINE [9] HAND WRITTEN DIARIES AND MANUSCRIPT RELICS DETAILING A DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II ERA RURAL FARM AND COMMUNITY LIFE AND A SIGNIFICANT SPOTLIGHT ON VIRGINIA'S USE OF GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR LABORERS	THE THURSDAY CLUB et al: 1906 through 1948 ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND LEDGERS DETAILING THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF EARLY 20th CENTURY WOMEN'S INTERESTS AND THOUGHT	WESLEY ABELL: 1912 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT STUDENT, STRIKE BREAKER AND 'SCAB' WORKING FOR THE ELEVATED STREET RAILROAD DURING A BITTER LABOR STRIKE
ALAN MAURER: 1923 & 1926 ORIGINAL PAIR OF DETAILED DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A PENNSYLVANIA MAN TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION BUT WHO ONE DAY WILL SIT ON THE INDIANA SUPREME COURT	A. E. WALLACE MAURER: 1945 - 1946 ORIGINAL WWII ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WINNIPEG CANADA NATIVE WHO WOULD GO ON TO BE ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST NOTED EXPERTS IN 18th CENTURY LITERATURE	EDITH HEATH: 1916 ORIGINAL UPSTATE NEW YORK MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOCAL FARMER'S WIFE INTENT ON RECORDING ALL THE ACTIVITIES AND OBSERVATIONS OF LOCAL LIFE AND TIMES WITH THE AWFUL BACKDROP OF WWI EVER LOOMING
R.J. DOUBLE: 1945 ORIGINAL WWII MANUSWCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN WHO GOES ON TO A CAREER IN ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING FIRMS	ERIC HYDE SEXTON: 1918 ORIGINAL DIARY AND NOTEBOOK OF A TEENAGE BOY IN ENGLAND ENDURING THE AWFUL WAR WITH GERMANY BUT WHO WOULD SOON ENOUGH GO ON TO PRINCETON, HARVARD, US MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND FAME AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AND ANTIQUARIAN	DR. ANSELMO [ANSELM] WINDHAUSEN: 1909 - 1920s ORIGINAL MASSIVE ARCHIVE OF PRIMARY, HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA BY NOTED GEOLOGIST, GEOGRAPHER AND EXPLORER OF ARGENTINA AND THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
EDWARD C. ELLET: 1862 SUPER, ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MANUSCRIPT LETTER BETWEEN BROTHERS FIGHTING FOR THE UNION ONE AS COMMANDER OF THE MISSISSIPPI MARINE BRIGADE	WILLIAM EUGENE GUTHRIE: 1930 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AGED HISTORIAN, BUFFALO HUNTER, GENEALOGIST AND WATER RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN WASHINGTON DC TO FIGHT ONE OF HIS FINAL BATTLES	GLADYS B. HETHERINGTON [later Atwood]: 1922 - 1924 ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING RURAL MAINE WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE MORE OF THE TOILING TWENTIES NEVER MIND THE ROARING
UNKNOWN: 1941 VERY CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF ONE CALIFORNIA FAMILY WELCOMING ADORED BABY MIKE IN HIS FIRST YEAR OF LIFE	GLADYS BAILEY: 1941 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] WORLD WAR II ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A HARDWORKING UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN RICHLY DETAILING A FULL FAMILY FARMING LIFE STEPS FROM THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO	FRANK S. CUMMINGS: 1910 - 1930 ORIGINAL GROUP OF 12 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING 19 YEARS IN THE LIFE: FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO HOBOKEN AND ENGINEERING STUDENT TO ENSIGN IN THE US NAVY
CHARLES H. DARCY: 1905 - 1928 ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG 17 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WOULD GO ON THE BE A KEY MEMBER OF THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TEAM AFTER A STINT IN ARMY INTELLIGENCE	JAMES L. COUSAR: 1869 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MAN STRUGGLING TO SUCCEED IN POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI	ROBERT WHITE WILLIAMS: 1929 SUPER, ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A RENOWNED JURIST, EARLY ENVIRONMENTALIST AND ACTIVE WILDLIFE CONSERVATIONIST
GEORGE BAMBACH HAWES: 1889 CHARMING GROUP [17] OF ORIGINAL LATE 19th CENTURY LOVE LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG AMERICAN LIVING IN CHILE AND WOOING AN ILLINOIS GIRL ALL THE WHILE DESCRIBING LIFE IN SOUTH AMERICA	EDWARD S. SCHWANTES: 1917 ORIGINAL, CHARMING PEEK INTO YOUNG LOVE AND COURTING WITH THE AWFUL BACK DROP OF WWI LOOMING FOR A COUPLE WHO WOULD JOIN IN LIFE FOR NEARLY 6 DECADES	THOMAS DUDLEY CABOT: 1919 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG HARVARD MAN WHO WOULD GO ON TO A MULTI FACETED LIFE: INDUSTRIALIST, ENGINEER, CORPORATE CEO, STATE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND CIA OPERATIVE DURING THE BAY OF PIGS
WILLIAM J. GRAY: 1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR [4] MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOKS DETAILING THE ARDUOUS, CRITICAL WORK OF A REPLENISHMENT SHIP IN THE DEADLY PACIFIC THEATER THAT WOULD GO ON TO WIN 3 BATTLE STARS	EARLE G HOGGARD, JULIENNE HOGGARD: 1930s ORIGINAL UNUSUAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BOY ON THE BRINK OF TEENAGE YEARS AND HIS SLIGHTLY OLDER SISTER WHOSE LIFE WOULD BE COMPLETE IF SHE COULD JUST MARRY BOTH TWINS	NOT IDENTIFIED: c1920s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF OBSERVATIONS AND QUOTES BY AN EVANGELICAL REVEREND TRAVELING AMERICA TO ATTEND CONFERENCES AND SPEECHES BY SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT CHRISTIAN ICONS OF THE DAY
CHARLES FORD HAMMILL, LT: 1914 ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH NAVIGATION OFFICER SOON TO BE IN THE MOST NOTED NAVAL BATTLE OF THE WAR	JOS� EL�AS HERN�NDEZ P�REZ: 1855 SUPER, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK AND DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A NOTED CUBAN PATRIOT AND HERO OF THE CUBAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE	JAMES M. SAPP: 1933 FASCINATING, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL AND BIBB COUNTY SURVEY ON AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP OFFERING AN INTERESTING GLIMPSE OF ECONOMIC LIFE AT THE TIME OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
SERGEI D. MITEREFF: 1946 ORIGINAL, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL JOURNAL AND DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A NOTED RUSSIAN BORN ENGINEER, INVENTOR AND PATENT HOLDER PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO AMERICA'S RUSH TO SECURE GERMAN 'INTELLECTUAL PRODUCT' IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR
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